Moroccan police arrest 3 suspected terrorists

The men had taped a video in which they pledged allegiance to Daesh RABAT, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Moroccan police said they had arrested three men in the northern city Tetouan, suspected of terrorist plots and links to the Daesh group.According to the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations, ‘’the men…

No-confidence vote on South Africa’s Pres Ramaphosa pushed to February

South Africa president, Cyril Ramaphosa PRETORIA, Dec 7 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — A no-confidence motion against South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has been pushed till February next year.The speaker of the South African parliament said the move was to allow whether the vote should be held in a secret ballot.The motion was…

Ethiopia and Tanzania now hold Africa’s largest livestock population

Ethiopia leads with an overwhelming 60.39 million cattle while Tanzania follows with 33.9million DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ethiopia has the largest livestock than any other country in Africa, making the East African powerhouse the continent’s best destination for leather and meat factories. The new livestock data published…

Romania election: Liberals and Social Democrats in neck-and-neck race, exit polls show

BUCHAREST, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Romania’s parliamentary election appeared too close to call, with exit polls released Sunday evening showing a dead-heat between the governing liberals and the left-wing opposition. While Prime Minister Ludovic Orban claimed victory for his center-right National Liberal Party (PNL) despite the close call, another poll showed the left-wing Social…

Pres Maduro eyes victory in Venezuela poll amid opposition boycott

CARACAS, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuelans vote Sunday in legislativeelections set to tighten President Nicolas Maduro’s grip on power and further weaken his US-backed opposition rival Juan Guaido, who is leading a boycott of the polls he calls a fraud. Victory will give Maduro’s ruling Socialist Party control of an…

Covid-19: UK vaccine rollout set to begin with queen in line for jab

LONDON, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will receivethe Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine within weeks, as the biggest immunisation programme in UK history begins next week. The monarch, 94, and her 99-year-old husband Prince Philip are in line toget the jab early in the rollout, which gets underway Tuesday,…

OIC draws US$ 1.2m for Gambia to run Rohingya genocide case

NIAMEY, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An OIC fund raising campaign for The Gambia to support its legal battle seeking redressal of Rohingya genocide in International Court of Justice (ICJ) drew so far US$1.2 million while the West African nation said it urgently needed $5million to pay the lawyers. Officials at…

Peru farm workers protest continues derailing harvests and blocking roadways

LIMA, Dec 5 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Protests by farmworkers demanding better wages in Peru raged on, spreading north into key agricultural areas of the Andean nation, derailing harvests of some crops, snarling transport of produce and leaving at least one dead. Peruvian interim President Francisco Sagasti called the death of a…

Ethiopia aid delayed amid ongoing fighting – UN

More than 45,000 people have fled Tigray and crossed into Sudan ADDIS ABABA, Dec 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Continued fighting in many parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray region is hindering efforts to deliver aid, the UN says. Millions of people are said to be running out of food and medicines. UN officials…

Covid-19: Pres Obrador urges Mexicans to avoid exchanging Christmas presents to stop pandemic

MEXICO CITY, Dec 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexicans should cancel celebrations and even avoid exchanging Christmas presents to beat the coronavirus, the president said, pitching a frugal festive season to one of the world’s largest capital cities as infections scaled new heights. “Let’s leave Christmas presents for another time,” President Andres Manuel…